The Galapagos Islands has four endemic bird genera represented by the
Galapagos Mockingbird (ARKive),
the Medium Ground Finch (ARKive),
the Woodpecker Finch (ARKive),
and the Warbler Finch (IBC).
Other endemic birds in the Galapagos include the Galapagos
Penguin (ARKive),
the Flightless Cormorant (ARKive),
the Galapagos Hawk (ARKive),
the Galapagos Dove (ARKive),
the Lava Gull (ARKive),
and the Waved Albatross (EDGE).
Birds endemic to the mainland include the El Oro Parakeet (BirdLife
Int'l), the Black-breasted Puffleg (ARKive),
the Violet-throated Metaltail (Mangoverde),
the Esmeraldas Woodstar (Neotropical
Birds), the Cocha Antshrike (Mike
Danzenbaker), the Ecuadorian
Tapaculo (Species
New to Science), and the Pale-headed
Brush Finch (ARKive).

The 180 vascular plant species found exclusively in the
Galapagos
include the the Giant Daisy
Trees (ARKive),
Macraea (CDF),
Darwiniothamnus
(CDF),
Lecocarpus (eol),
the Galapagos Rock Purslane (Caudiciform),
the
Lava Cactus (ARKive),
and the Candelabra Cactus (ARKive).

Portions of Ecuador are included in Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
(CEPF)and the
Tropical Andes (CEPF)
biodiversity hotspots. The Galapagos
Islands (EoE)
are famous for their highly endemic biota. Important
freshwater ecoregions for endemism include the North Andean Pacific
Slopes - Rio Atrato (FEOW),
the Amazonas High Andes (FEOW),
and the.Western Amazon Piedmont (FEOW).